Asylum Seekers & Attorneys

Ready to Help

RASP assists refugees and  asylum seekers in many capacities, from research and writing to translation to organization and community action. For any and all inquiries, please contact one of our Co-Directors.

Selected Web Resources

• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — Asylum FAQs
• USVISA Associates — Asylum Resources
• Asylumlaw.org — Information for Asylum Seekers
• Human Rights First — Refugee Protection
• Georgetown University — Asylum Law and Procedure and Asylum Resources
• Amnesty International
• RASP Workshop – Nuts and Bolts of Asylum Law

Samples of Our Work

Supporting Documents Lists:

• Supplemental List of Supporting Documents (Eritrea – Sexual Abuse of Women in the Military) [ pdf, 206k ]
• Supplemental List of Supporting Documents (Tamil) [ pdf, 719k ]
• Supplemental List of Supporting Documents (Cameroon) [ pdf, 294k ]

Memoranda:

• Tamil; Psychological Illness as a Defense to Missing the One- Year Limit on Application for Asylum [ pdf, 191k ]
• Conditions for Zimbabweans Denied Asylum and Forced to Return to Zimbabwe [ pdf, 350k ]